Telangana: Heavy rains paralyse life across erstwhile Medak district
Unprecedented rainfall up to 236 mm hit Siddipet, Medak, and Sangareddy districts, flooding houses, breaching culverts, and cutting off several villages. Traffic was disrupted on highways and local roads, while officials set up control rooms as IMD warned of more rains
Sangareddy: Heavy rains wreaked havoc across the erstwhile Medak district, paralysing normal life as several areas recorded unprecedented rainfall in the last 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Monday.
Gouraram in Siddipet district received 236 mm of rainfall, the highest of the season, followed by Alladurg in Medak, which recorded 220 mm. Several other areas witnessed rainfall exceeding 150 mm. Mulug mandal reported 167 mm, Markook 141 mm, while Komuravelly and Gajwel mandals also received over 100 mm. Siddipet district as a whole recorded an average of 60 mm, the highest this season.
In Medak district, Tupran recorded 192 mm, Pedda Shankarampet 170 mm, Yeldurthy 165 mm, Masaipet 163 mm and Kowdipally 151 mm. The district average stood at 114.5 mm, also the highest this season, with as many as 14 mandals receiving over 100 mm.
In Sangareddy district, Kangti recorded 168 mm, Kalher 120 mm, Hathnoora 101 mm and Sirgapur 100 mm. A woman and her son sustained minor injuries when their house collapsed at Pathikunta village in Pulkal mandal.
The heavy downpour caused widespread disruption. Traffic was affected after a culvert breached at Pothula Boguda in Medak, while a minor irrigation tank at Khajipet in Narsapur breached for the second time this season. Rainwater flooded NH-765D at Annaram in Gummadidala mandal as three tanks at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal overflowed. Police diverted traffic by breaking the divider to allow water to flow across the road.
At least 10 villages were cut off after Haldi vagu overflowed across the Dandupalya-Wargal road, while traffic between Veldurthy and Uppulingapur was halted due to flooding. In Manoharabad, rainwater entered the MPDO office and police station, hampering official work.
In Sirgapur mandal, a car was swept away in Vasar stream, but locals rescued the driver and pulled the car to the shore. In Ameenpur mandal, water overflowed onto the ORR service road at Gandigudem. At Ramaiah Pally in Manoharabad, an RTC bus was trapped under a bridge with water stagnating up to waist level.
Low-lying areas across the districts were inundated, with Tupran town worst affected, as many houses were submerged. Officials of three districts have set up control rooms and put citizens on alert, as the IMD has predicted more rain in the coming days.
